| At Kavanaugh hearings, questions of how much power a president should hold Posted: 04 Sep 2018 02:20 PM PDT ![At Kavanaugh hearings, questions of how much power a president should hold]( "At Kavanaugh hearings, questions of how much power a president should hold") In a life spent circling Capitol Hill, Judge Brett Kavanaugh has made a rare foray to the very top. Born and raised in the D.C. area, Judge Kavanaugh's legal career has unfolded at the highest levels of the judicial and executive branches, from the chambers of the United States Supreme Court to the halls of the White House. Critics, legal scholars, and Democratic senators agree, saying those experiences have cultivated an unusually strong view of executive power.
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| Is Trump's rewrite of NAFTA hurting a partnership? Posted: 04 Sep 2018 01:39 PM PDT ![Is Trump's rewrite of NAFTA hurting a partnership?]( "Is Trump's rewrite of NAFTA hurting a partnership?") When a North American trade agreement was first proposed under President Reagan, it was envisioned not just as a commercial pact among three countries but also as a strategic partnership. Perhaps most critically, the idea was to anchor a problematic Mexico to its two democratic neighbors to the north, the United States and Canada, and build a prosperous and stable political and economic community. A quarter century after NAFTA's creation, the vision has in many respects come to fruition.
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| Brexit and North Korea: Why 'breakthroughs' falter Posted: 04 Sep 2018 11:22 AM PDT ![Brexit and North Korea: Why 'breakthroughs' falter]( "Brexit and North Korea: Why 'breakthroughs' falter") For Britain, the issue is Brexit: the 2016 referendum calling for an end to its decades-long membership of the European Union. In North Korea's case, it was the unprecedented decision by US President Trump to sit down for a summit with Kim Jong-un in Singapore in June of this year.
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| With summer's end, France's annual 'fresh start' truly arrives Posted: 04 Sep 2018 11:19 AM PDT ![With summer's end, France's annual 'fresh start' truly arrives]( "With summer's end, France's annual 'fresh start' truly arrives") Everyone comes home from their summer holidays. There is even a special word for it – la rentrée – which at any other time of the year would simply mean "the return." But this week, the first week of September, it signifies a key social phenomenon in France, a national fresh start. Because the long summer vacation that lulled the whole country into a state of suspended animation is over.
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